Magic user

This is the preferred term. Synonyms are included. You can turn off synonyms.

Broader terms: Career or Calling

Narrower terms: Bard, Witch, Wizard, Sorcerer, Mage, Cleric, Druid, Elementalist, Hedge witch, Prophet, Seer, Warlock, Necromancer

Shades of Milk and Honey

by Mary Robinette Kowal

Series:

Glamourist Histories

Genres:

Fantasy of manners, Regency romance

Tropes:

Magical society

Characters:

Time Periods:

1800-1810, Regency Era

Places:

A Marvellous Light

by Freya Marske

Series:

The Last Binding

Genres:

Fantasy of manners, Gaslamp fantasy

Tropes:

Dysfunctional family, Enemies to lovers, Grumpy/sunshine, Magical mystery, Magical society, Men loving men, Secret society

Characters:

Characters in their 20s, Mage, Queer main character(s), White/European main character(s)

Time Periods:

Places:

Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor’s Guide to the Underworld

by Seanan McGuire

Series:

Genres:

Tropes:

Interdimensional travel

Characters:

Ageless or immortal characters, Bounty hunter, Mage, Straight main character(s), Warrior, White/European diasporic main character(s)

Time Periods:

Places:

Alternate dimension, Fictional planet, Michigan

Harrow the Ninth

Series:

The Locked Tomb

Genres:

Science fiction, Science fiction and fantasy, Sword and sorcery

Tropes:

Amnesia, Dysfunctional family, Everyone is gay, Found family, God is just a person, Men loving men, Tragic backstory, Unreliable narrator, Women loving women

Characters:

Bisexual side character(s), Lesbian main character(s), Necromancer

Time Periods:

Long-Term Future

Places:

Outer space, Space ship

Gideon the Ninth

Series:

The Locked Tomb

Genres:

Occult mystery, Science fiction, Speculative fiction, Sword and sorcery

Tropes:

Anyone can die, Dysfunctional family, Everyone is gay, Tragic backstory, Unreliable narrator, Women loving women

Characters:

Characters in their late teens, Cisgender woman main character(s), Lesbian main character(s), Loner, Necromancer, Orphan, Queer side character(s), Warrior

Time Periods:

Long-Term Future

Places:

Castle, Fictional planet, Outer space

Strange the Dreamer

by Laini Taylor

Series:

Genres:

Tropes:

Characters:

Adult characters, Ageless or immortal characters, Characters aged over 50, Characters in their late teens, Librarian, Magic user, Teen main character(s)

Time Periods:

Iron Age (Fantastical)

Places:

City, Fantastic world, Unnamed